CVE-2016-4340
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4340
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4340.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4340
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-23T21:59:01.487Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-13T01:20:41.842703Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The impersonate feature in Gitlab 8.7.0, 8.6.0 through 8.6.7, 8.5.0 through 8.5.11, 8.4.0 through 8.4.9, 8.3.0 through 8.3.8, and 8.2.0 through 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users to "log in" as any other user via unspecified vectors.
- References
-
- https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548
- https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
v1.*
v1.0.2
v1.1.0pre
v1.2.0
v1.2.0pre
v1.2.1
v1.2.2
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.1.0
v2.2.0
v2.2.0pre
v2.3.0
v2.3.0pre
v2.3.1
v2.4.0
v2.4.0pre
v2.4.1
v2.5.0
v2.6.0
v2.6.0pre
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.7.0
v2.7.0pre
v2.8.0
v2.8.0pre
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.9.0
v2.9.1
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.1
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.1.0
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0rc1
v4.0.0rc2
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.1.0
v5.2.0
v5.3.0
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.0.0-ee
v6.0.0-ee.beta
v6.0.0-ee.rc1
v6.1.0-ee
v6.2.0
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.3.0
v6.3.0-ee
v6.3.1-ee
v6.4.0
v6.4.0-ee
v6.4.0.pre1
v6.4.0.pre2
v6.4.0.pre3
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.5.0
v6.5.0-ee
v6.5.0.rc1
v6.5.1
v6.6.0
v6.6.0-ee
v6.6.0.pre1
v6.6.0.rc1
v6.6.1
v6.6.2
v6.7.0-ee
v6.7.0.rc1
v6.7.0.rc1-ee
v6.7.1
v6.7.2
v6.8.0
v6.8.0-ee
v6.8.0.rc1
v6.8.1
v6.9.0.rc1
v7.*
v7.0.0
v7.0.0-ee
v7.0.0.rc1
v7.1.0
v7.1.0-ee
v7.1.0.rc1
v7.1.0.rc1-ee
v7.2.0.rc1
v7.2.0.rc1-ee
v7.2.0.rc2
v7.2.0.rc2-ee
v7.2.0.rc3
v7.2.0.rc3-ee
v7.2.0.rc4
v7.2.0.rc4-ee
v7.2.0.rc5
v7.2.0.rc5-ee
v7.3.0
v7.3.0-ee
v7.3.0.rc1
v7.3.0.rc1-ee
v7.4.0
v7.4.0-ee
v7.4.1
v7.4.1-ee
v7.4.2
v7.4.2-ee
v7.4.3
v7.4.3-ee
v7.4.4-ee
v8.*
v8.2.0-ee
v8.2.0.rc1
v8.2.0.rc1-ee
v8.2.0.rc2
v8.2.0.rc2-ee